As the repairs continued, Admiral Adama brought over Cylons from the Rebel baseship that had joined the fleet recently to help fix the once-great battlestar. During this time, Dealino got into a fight with a Number Six over several issues in working on the structure, this was broken up by a passing Number Eight. Later, when a structure piece gave way and opened a section of the ship into space, Dealino was rescued by the very Six he was fighting with earlier. He later spoke to Adama and Tigh about the number of jumps Galactica could possibly take before it finally would ripe apart. After he was informed by Tigh to get 100% fact before telling the admiral again, Adama calmly told him to have his wounds looked to (TRS: "Islanded in a Stream of Stars").

Dealino would later inform Vice President Leland Adama about his disapproval of removing parts of Galactica that gave it heart. Adama seemed to agree and told him to take out the parts requested by fleet captains last. He would later volunteer for the mission to rescue Hera Agathon at The Colony (TRS: "Daybreak, Part I").